Richard Parks

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2000
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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Full Series List in Order

The Laws of Power

The Long Look (Sep-2008)
Black Kath's Daughter (Feb-2012)

Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • Worshipping Small Gods

    Worshipping Small Gods is the follow-up to Richard Parks' World Fantasy Award finalist debut collection, The Ogre's Wife -- containing fourteen stories, three of which are original to this volume, and all created with the same philosophy- fol...

  • The Ogre's Wife

    THE OGRE'S WIFE is a collection of short stories by Richard Parks. The introduction was written by Parke Godwin, who has followed the author's career from first bloom in 1978 until today. All but one of the stories have been previously published in e...

  • The Long Look

    The Laws of Power

    Everything you know about evil magicians is wrong.

    Tymon the Black is the latest in a long succession of magicians to suffer under a curse called “The Long Look.” He gets glimpses of future horrors, horrors that will almost certainly com...

  • On the Banks of the River of Heaven

    • On the Banks of the River of Heaven presents fourteen stories by Richard Parks, an "unrepentant storyteller," according to Locus Magazine. In his third collection, you'll find stories about a ghoul with an identity crisis; a girl who can be ...

  • Spirits of Wood and Stone

    Samuel Pryce is the priest of a dead religion, and has dedicated his life to two goals-first, to gather and nurture those energies that will bring about a rebirth of the old gods. Second, to bring his beloved wife Elizabeth back from the dead. Th...

  • Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure

    What's a horseman of the Apocalypse to do when the Earth has been picked bare, scoured clean, and burned black? Perhaps a spot of...gardening?...

  • The Ogre's Wife - Fairy Tales for Grownups

    THE OGRE'S WIFE is Richard Parks’ first story collection, and was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 2003 in its Obscura Press edition. The introduction was written by award-winning master fantasist Parke Godwin, who has followed the author's caree...

  • The Blood Red Scarf

    The dead are rising in the town of Canemill.Shambling corpses? Gossamer ghosts? No, it's worse.Much, much worse.The dead are coming back exactly as they were. With all their debts to collect, attachments to renew, and old scores to settle. As Tom And...

  • Our Lady of 47 Ursae Majoris and Other Stories

    ""Here for the first time, fantasist Richard Parks has collected eleven of his pure quill science fiction stories, including: "Keeping Lalande Station" about a colony scout who's been in space just a little too long. "The Great"...



  • A Warrior of Dreams

    When all the world and dreams are real…

    …waking up can be a killer.

    The Dreamers of the Temple have kept the goddess’ sleep undisturbed and the world safe for thousands of years. Joslyn is proud to serve among them, until a man...

  • Hereafter, and After

    A dead guy and an ex-Valkyrie…

    …they make a great team.Jake Hallman may have shuffled off his mortal coil but he’s a long way from finished. When he refuses to stop learning and searching for understanding instead of meekly accepting hi...

  • Black Kath's Daughter

    The Laws of Power

    "You worship a God. With a Power, you negotiate."-- Black Kath's Tally Book


    When Marta's sorceress mother dies suddenly, it is the young and almost completely unprepared Marta who must assume the debt her mother owed to the Power called ...

  • The Devil Has His Due

    Sometimes being good is harder than it looks.

    When that just doesn’t work out, there's always Plan B...like it or not.The Devil Has His Due contains four stories about dealing with the consequences when plan A doesn’t quite come together....

  • The Ghost War

    An angry ghost bent on revenge?

    What could be worse?How about an entire army of angry ghosts?But wait! There’s more!Now throw in a magical plague, and for a young witch named Calia, the army of the dead might be the least of her worries. Th...

  • A Hint of Evil

  • Ghost Trouble

    "Eli Mothersbaugh is the top field agent for an under-funded, over-extended government organization known as the Bureau of Bio-Remnant Reconciliation. Set in an alternate near future where the existence of ghosts is an accepted scientific truth, it i...

  • Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter

    • In an ancient Japan where the incursions of gods, ghosts, and demons into the living world is an everyday event, an impoverished nobleman named Yamada no Goji makes his living as a demon hunter for hire. With the occasional assistance of the...

  • The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Year Four

  • The Heavenly Fox

    Immortality is worth any price…

    …Isn't it?

    Springshadow is a fox on a mission. All she has to do is stay alive for a thousand years, and she will live forever. A thousand years is a long time for any mortal creature, but Springsh...



  • All the Gates of Hell

    Legal Assistant Jin Lee Hannigan thought she had problems enough as a single woman in rundown Medias, Mississippi. That was before Jin meets a homeless man on Pepper Street who just happens to be the King of Hell, and learns that she's really the mor...

  • Two For Christmas

    Two Christmas stories to get the season started off right."Cold Christmas" -- Papa Noel and Papa Legba are forced to square off in a place where neither one of them belongs, but with good will and a little Christmas magic, they just might work things...

  • Yamada Monogatari: To Break the Demon Gate

    • Yamada no Goji is a minor nobleman of ancient Japan who has lost everything ― except a single purpose: keep a promise to the woman he loved. In order to fulfill his vow, all he has to do is fight a horde of demons and monsters, bargain wit...

  • Power's Shadow

    A Witch on a Mission.

    Unless Marta learns the secrets of the Seven Laws of Power, she will remain in bondage to the cruel divinity called Amaet for all eternity. Yet now someone else also seeks the Laws of Power and will stop at nothing to c...

  • The War God's Son

    The Abe clan and its allies are in full rebellion. When the Emperor's greatest military leader, Yoshii, is targeted for assassination by magic, it is up to the newly sober Lord Yamada and his exorcist associate Kenji to keep the young man alive long ...

  • Yamada Monogatori: The Emperor in Shadow

    Lord Yamada is called away―one last time―from his newly restored estates in Kamakura to help Prince Kanemore ensure that Princess Teiko’s son, Takahito, inherits the Chrysanthemum Throne. Unfortunately, assuming the throne proves to be the easy...

  • Yamada Monogatari: The Emperor in Shadow

    Lord Yamada is called away―one last time―from his newly restored estates in Kamakura to help Prince Kanemore ensure that Princess Teiko’s son, Takahito, inherits the Chrysanthemum Throne. Unfortunately, assuming the throne proves to be the easy...

  • Tales of the Sunrise Lands

    Japan has long fascinated with its unique culture and elaborite folklore. This anthology collects fantasy stories inspired by the culture and literary traditions of the Japanese. From steadfast samurai and contemplative monks, to transforming animals...

  • Bergstryker U

    Venerable Bergstryker University prides itself on the diversity of its student body.By which they mean humans, vampires, fae, phookas, banshees, and some creatures no one's quite sure about. Where monsters and humans mingle there are stories to tell....

  • Little Fire and Fog

    Does identity equal destiny?For the fae it does.Whether banshee, hob, or pixie, you are born into a role and you play it. Like it or not.Nudd is a pooka tired of playing pranks. That all changes when Aednat the Banshee shows up with a bloody shirt. Y...



  • Fairy Tale Flash

    Short and sweet...Or short, bad-tempered, with teeth.There are 21 puzzle-pieces of fantasy flash fiction in this collection by master storyteller Richard Parks, and with each one, you never know which sort you're going to get. And even the ones with ...

  • In the Palace of the Jade Lion

    It's normal to fear a ghost. What's not normal is marrying one.Xu Jian is just a poor scholar. An official post in the north of the country is a great opportunity. It is also a great danger. The road north is infested with bandits, and worse, it wind...

  • Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits

    Yamada Monogatari (Yamada's Saga) continues in eight stories never before collected, two original to this book.The Tiger's Turn: Yamada is called to solve a series of murders, both supernatural and not.The Sorrow of Rain: Is a Rain Spirit des...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Richard Parks has published 32 books.

Richard Parks does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Richard Parks, Worshipping Small Gods, was published in May 2000.

Yes. Richard Parks has 1 series.
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